Chapter 676 Unfailing Retribution

Tang Mo’s words filled Mrs. Tang with a terror she had never known. "No, no, I’m not a murderer. I didn’t know..."

"What you did is tantamount to burying someone alive, cruelly leaving a person to starve, die of thirst, and freeze to death... If we hadn’t arrived today, do you know what the consequences would have been?"

Tang Mo’s eyes were bloodshot, his knuckles white from clenching his fists.

The scene fell silent. No one could utter a word.

Everyone had thought Mrs. Tang wasn’t capable of kidnapping Su Li. But they never imagined that even if she couldn’t pull off an abduction, she was more than capable of causing harm, nearly letting Su Li... letting Su Li slowly die of starvation and thirst.

All because of her, Su Li had nearly lost her life.

Mrs. Tang tried to say something more, but Wu Sheng had no time or patience to listen. Su Li had to get to the hospital as soon as possible.

No matter what Mrs. Tang and Ye Xilan said, they would not escape the law.

’Of course, legal punishment isn’t enough. After what she did to Su Li, Mrs. Tang won’t be getting off easy.’

Wu Sheng shot Mrs. Tang a cold glare. He spoke again, a rare occurrence, only to drop a bombshell.

"As the old saying goes, heaven is always watching, and karma is unerring. While you were torturing Su Li, did you ever think about your son, Tang Yuanxiao, lying severely injured and comatose?"

Wu Sheng’s words pierced Mrs. Tang’s heart like a sharp sword, completely shattering her defenses.

"What? What did you say? Impossible. That’s impossible. No one told me."

Mrs. Tang was scared witless, trembling uncontrollably.

"No one told you for fear you’d be scared to death on the spot. Your son, Tang Yuanxiao, was grievously injured three days ago. He hit his head and has been in a coma ever since. He’s still in critical condition."

A cold smirk touched Wu Sheng’s lips. "Now I’ve told you the whole truth. Don’t thank me too much."

After dropping the bombshell that nearly destroyed Mrs. Tang, Wu Sheng ignored her hysterical screams. Cradling Su Li, he strode quickly toward the car, with Tang Mo following unhesitatingly behind him.

The car sped toward the hospital.

But Mrs. Tang was on the verge of madness.

"Tangyuan! My Tangyuan! I want to see my Tangyuan! Oh, Tangyuan..."

Her face turned ashen, and her eyes rolled back in her head.

Only then did Mrs. Tang finally feel the sting of regret.

’Her own son’s life was hanging by a thread, yet she had come here every day to torture Su Li. If this wasn’t karma, what was?’

Mrs. Tang screamed, then fainted dead away.

Mrs. Tang fainted. And Ye Xilan, who looked like she’d been dragged out of the water, finally passed out as well when she saw they were still determined to arrest her.

Captain Zhang looked at the two unconscious women on the ground and then at their twisted arms, letting out a deep breath.

In their state, his men were afraid to touch them. They knew that with broken bones, you weren’t supposed to move the person carelessly.

"Get them to the hospital first. We can’t let them die."

’Dying would be letting them off too easy. And besides, they couldn’t be allowed to die.’

’They had to live to suffer and face legal retribution.’

"Get them to the hospital and tell the doctors to do everything in their power to save them," Captain Zhang added.

’For Wu Sheng’s sake, if for no other reason, they couldn’t be allowed to die.’

’Otherwise, Wu Sheng would become a murderer. What a terrible waste that would be, and over two women like them.’

「At the same time」 In the car rushing Su Li to the hospital, Wa Wa Lian, the driver, was worrying about this very issue.

"Boss, I know you only did it to save your fiancée, but will there be..." Trouble?

Cradling Su Li, Wu Sheng watched Tang Mo gently dab water onto her lips. He replied without looking up.

"So what if there is? I don’t regret a thing. Even if I could do it all over again, I’d do the exact same thing."

The fact that he hadn’t killed them was a testament to his immense self-control.

’If they didn’t feel any pain, they would never know fear. The only way to cure this problem at its root was to make them afraid—truly and utterly afraid.’

’That went for both Mrs. Tang and Ye Xilan.’

Hearing Wu Sheng say that, Wa Wa Lian didn’t press the issue.

’If he were in the boss’s shoes, he’d have done the same.’

’In any case, the boss was only acting to save a life. As for why the injuries were so severe? Obviously, the kidnappers resisted. The boss was desperate, and his skills are just too good... It was an accident...’

’It was all perfectly justifiable!’

’If anyone tried to make trouble for the boss, he’d be the first one to object!’

With a look of grim determination, Wa Wa Lian steered the car, speeding toward the hospital entrance.

The diagnosis confirmed that Su Li was severely dehydrated. If they had rescued her any later, she might have really died.

As the doctors took Su Li for emergency treatment, both Wu Sheng and Tang Mo collapsed to the floor, one after the other, overcome with lingering fear.

The thought that they might have lost Su Li if they had been any later was horrifying.

「When Su Li woke again, it was already six o’clock in the evening.」

As she regained consciousness, Su Li felt a damp, tickling sensation on her lips.

Su Li licked them reflexively, then opened her eyes.

She stared at Wu Sheng and Tang Mo for a full minute. Seeing the two of them, one big and one small, each clutching one of her hands, and feeling their touch, Su Li finally believed this wasn’t a dream. She had really been rescued.

Su Li was so happy she almost forgot all the discomfort in her body.

Seeing Su Li was about to speak, Wu Sheng said hurriedly, "Drink some water first. Don’t rush to talk. Your throat is a little raw, and you have a fever and a cold. Your temperature just came down."

After drinking some water and being fed a little porridge, Su Li finally regained some of her energy.

Looking at the crowd of people packed into the hospital room, she broke into a relieved smile.

"You silly girl, you scared us to death."

Wu Qihua, Grandma Wu, Wu Sheng’s aunt, Wu Xia, Li Hongqin, Yin Cuihua, Ling Zhen, and Yu Zhengqing were all in the room, every one of them sharing the same look of lingering fear.

"That old witch, Mrs. Tang! I can’t believe she’s still haunting us like a restless ghost. Su Li, you just wait. I’m going to teach her a lesson she’ll never forget. And that Ye Xilan must have a death wish! First, she came after my son, and now my daughter-in-law. I’ll make sure she doesn’t know a moment’s peace for the rest of her life!"

As the formidable Wu Qihua spoke, she radiated an imposing, murderous aura. She was clearly a woman who meant every word she said.

Yin Cuihua and Li Hongqin nodded vigorously from the side. "They deserve to be taught a lesson. That Mrs. Tang is just..."

After cursing for a while longer, the crowd saw that Su Li was looking drained and needed to rest, so they took their leave one by one.

Wu Qihua also left to prepare some food for Su Li. Since Su Li could only have porridge for the next two days, it had to be as nutritious and delicious as possible.

Only Tang Mo and Wu Sheng remained in the hospital room. The moment Tang Mo saw Su Li was awake, his entire body relaxed. After exchanging a few words, he fell asleep right there, his head pillowed on the edge of the bed as he clutched her hand.

He hadn’t slept a wink since Su Li had gone missing.

Wu Sheng held Su Li’s other hand, pressing kisses to it from time to time, barely daring to blink.

"This whole ’can’t see each other before the wedding’ thing... I don’t care about any of that anymore. From now on, I’m going to see you whenever and wherever I want."

Wu Sheng whispered. Su Li raised her hand and gently caressed his cheek, her voice raspy as she replied.

"Me too. I want to see you all the time. I almost missed the wedding... Thank goodness I made it back in time."

"But can you attend in your condition? We could postpone it..." Hearing Su Li’s words made Wu Sheng’s heart ache with sweetness, but he was still worried about her health. Before he could finish, Su Li cut him off.

"No! We can’t postpone it. We still have all day tomorrow, don’t we? I’ll just rest up, and I’ll be fine."

’She was back, so the wedding had to be held on schedule. Postponing it would be giving Ye Xilan exactly what she wanted.’

Just as Su Li was thinking this, Wa Wa Lian knocked and entered the room. He said that Ye Xilan’s husband, Li Xian, was here and wanted to see them.